Legal Opinion
PAM TRANSPORT v. Freightliner Corp.
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided April 27, 1995No. CV-94-0074-CQPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ZLAKET, Justice.
On November 28, 1988, in the course and scope of his employment with PAM Transport, appellant Andrew Mertyris was driving a 1989 Freightliner tractor-truck when it collided with another vehicle. The other driver, Grady Ashcraft, died as a result of the accident. His survivors filed suit against Mertyris and PAM Transport. Appellees Freightliner and TRW Ross Gear, the manufacturer of certain truck parts, were not parties to the litigation.
In March of 1991, appellants settled the claim by paying $985,000 to Ashcraft’s survivors. The settlement expressly extinguished the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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